What Peter Meinig called 'truly an auspicious day for Cornell,' interim President Hunter R. Rawlings called 'a very sad day in Iowa City, Iowa.' The day was Saturday, and the man Rawlings was referring to was Cornell's newly named 12th president, David Skorton.
By tweaking a gene in the mouse genome, scientists are creating animal models of Huntington's disease that mimic human Huntington's and may lead to effective treatments for this killer illness.
In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University believe they have pinpointed the mechanism that triggers relapse in patients with deadly multiple myeloma.While available drugs can push the disease into temporary remission, fatal, uncontrolled cell division always re-emerges over time. Until now, the cellular mechanism driving this relapse has remained unclear. (December 23, 2005)
How can a veterinary college get more qualified minority students interested in veterinary science and biomedical research? How about offering high school students a summer to work on laboratory research with a faculty mentor, as well as an opportunity to sample the wide array of activities in Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine?
Cornell's commitment to accessibility means new and increased efforts to support first-generation students. Throughout Cornell’s history, many of its students have been the first generation in their families to earn a baccalaureate degree.
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning will host a two-day symposium, Sept. 17 - 19, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ebenezer Howard's influential book, 'Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.'
Weill Cornell Medical College has refuted an article in The New York Times alleging that two researchers did not fully disclose that their research on CT screening for the early detection of lung cancer was partially funded by a tobacco company.
Cornell's American Indian Program will honor elders Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Tom Porter, spokesman and chief spiritual leader of the Mohawk community of Kanatsiohareke, in Fonda, N.Y., on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in David L. Call Auditorium of Kennedy Hall.
A new scholarship program funded with a $5 million gift from the Dyson Foundation will soon benefit top students in the Undergraduate Business Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (Feb. 1, 2007)
New York, NY (May 18, 2004) -- Peering into the mysteries of embryonic development, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have identified compounds that inhibit the growth of new blood vessels.If these chemical signaling mechanisms hold true in adult tissue, the discovery could pave the way for therapies to repair damaged heart tissue or, conversely, starve malignant tumors of the blood supply they need to grow.